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Digital narratives at the BBCAn investigation by a Media & Arts Technology researcher at Queen Mary, University of London

1MotivationIt all started when Paul Rissen came to Queen Mary and showed us the Mythology Engine prototype.

About me: Toby HarrisAn audio-visual producer & performer, interactive coder, now PhD Student

About me: Toby HarrisFascinated by possibilities of updating the oral storytelling tradition to a world of interactive digital media

Toby ♡ Mythology Engine...it could be the gateway to that digital media storytelling world

2What is the Mythology Engine?Tristan Ferne unveils the Mythology Engine on the BBC R&D Blog

The R&D Prototyping team has recently built an

internal prototype for BBC Vision called the

Mythology Engine. It's a proof-of-concept for a

website that represents BBC drama on the web letting

you explore our dramas, catch up on story-lines,

discover new characters and share what you !nd.

Most TV drama on the web is either deep and detailed

fan-produced sites or visually rich but shallow sites

from the broadcasters. We believe there is a middle

way and it seems like there's a space for something

here. Something that expresses the richness and

depth of the stories that the BBC creates. Somewhere

that will be the default place to !nd out about our

stories and somewhere that people will link to and

share with their friends.

What is the Mythology Engine?http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/researchanddevelopment/2010/03/the-mythology-engine-represent.shtml

The R&D Prototyping team has recently built an

internal prototype for BBC Vision called the

Mythology Engine. It's a proof-of-concept for a

website that represents BBC drama on the web letting

you explore our dramas, catch up on story-lines,

discover new characters and share what you !nd.

Most TV drama on the web is either deep and detailed

fan-produced sites or visually rich but shallow sites

from the broadcasters. We believe there is a middle

way and it seems like there's a space for something

here. Something that expresses the richness and

depth of the stories that the BBC creates. Somewhere

that will be the default place to !nd out about our

stories and somewhere that people will link to and

share with their friends.

What is the Mythology Engine?http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/researchanddevelopment/2010/03/the-mythology-engine-represent.shtml

«Play Video»http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/researchanddevelopment/2010/03/the-mythology-engine-represent.shtml

3Research work: ‘BBC Stories’The Mythology Engine was largely faked behind the scenes. We’ve looked into the modelling properly.

PaulBBC

MichaelGoldsmiths

TobyQueen Mary

STORY RDF »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» «««««««««««««««««««««« WORLD RDF!

BBC STORIES MODEL!!1st July 2010 - Drafted by Toby Harris

CONSTITUENTEVENT

The unique event reference put as story sequenceINDEX

ie. Seq. Position

CONSTITUENTEVENT

ie. Seq. Position

CONSTITUENTEVENT

ie. Seq. Position

The unique 'machine readable' reference for an

INTERVAL/INSTANTie. When?

INTERPRETATION

Typically an event as contextualised by a story, but can interpret anything.

SUPPORTSie. a THING as

evidence

ie. Where?

FACTOR

ie. With?

ie. Who?

ie. Where?

INTERPRETATION

evidence

An authored account, linked into the RDF world of events, people, places, that also gives context to interpretations of those 'platonic' events, people,

INTERPRETATION

Typically an event as contextualised by a story, but can interpret anything

FACTOR

ie. With?

ie. Who?

ie. Where?

TIMELINE

ie. Universal

FACTOR

ie. With?

CONSTITUENTEVENT

The unique event reference put as story sequence

evidence

ie. Seq. Position

ASSERTS

A set of 'machine readable' statements that

can be used to reason with

SUBJECT

ie. a THING as subject

SUBJECT

evidence

PROGRAMMEOR SEGMENT

ie. tells the story

PROGRAMMEOR SEGMENT

ie. BBC programme that includes the story

SUB STORY

Stories can contain stories

The proposed ‘BBC Stories’ modelA world of people, places and things, linked to the events that tie them together...

CONSTITUENTEVENT

ie. Seq. Position

CONSTITUENTEVENT

ie. Seq. Position

CONSTITUENTEVENT

ie. Seq. Position

INTERPRETATION

evidence

ie. Where?

FACTOR

ie. With?

ie. Who?

ie. Where?

INTERPRETATION

evidence

INTERPRETATION

FACTOR

ie. With?

ie. Who?

ie. Where?

TIMELINE

ie. Universal

FACTOR

ie. With?

CONSTITUENTEVENT

evidence

ie. Seq. Position

ASSERTS

SUBJECT

evidence

PROGRAMMEOR SEGMENT

ie. tells the story

PROGRAMMEOR SEGMENT

SUB STORY

The proposed ‘BBC Stories’ model...coupled with authored, interpretive journeys through that world.

CONSTITUENTEVENT

ie. Seq. Position

CONSTITUENTEVENT

ie. Seq. Position

CONSTITUENTEVENT

ie. Seq. Position

INTERPRETATION

evidence

ie. Where?

FACTOR

ie. With?

ie. Who?

ie. Where?

INTERPRETATION

evidence

INTERPRETATION

FACTOR

ie. With?

ie. Who?

ie. Where?

TIMELINE

ie. Universal

FACTOR

ie. With?

CONSTITUENTEVENT

evidence

ie. Seq. Position

ASSERTS

SUBJECT

evidence

PROGRAMMEOR SEGMENT

ie. tells the story

PROGRAMMEOR SEGMENT

SUB STORY

The proposed ‘BBC Stories’ modelThis would be the glue that joins the BBC’s media together - Programmes, clips, research, archives

Dovetailing the BBC’s “Web Revolution”Web 3.0 » Content Objects › Tagging & Ontology › User Experience

So we have the Mythology Engine idea...Which we’re now more con!dent about making a reality

...now just what else could this enable?And however pretty these diagrams may be, a choose your own adventure book is not the answer!

4Research work: possible futuresWalking through a spectrum of possibilities

A content contiuumLets frame our thinking about what we could use this for in terms of content assets

exposing existing content ››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››› repurposing existing content ››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››››› creating new content

A content contiuum reduxFor example...

A content contiuum reduxThe BBC Archive as clickable as Wikipedia?

A content contiuum reduxMaking a splash when your linear production hits the internet: wholly new navigation for content in chapters

A content contiuum reduxPrison Vallery: A “Web Documentary” that expands an hour long !lm. Its already out there. Its great.

A content contiuum reduxVolumique: a ‘reinventing the book’ project that has !rmly hit that tipping point into the unknown

semantics vs tags

A content contiuum redoneThat’s one way of looking at the space of possibilities. Now lets explore it properly, together.

granularitysemantics vs tags

storyworld having state

plot mechanics

contentcontentcontent mediummediummediummediummedium

expose existingrepurpose

existingcreate new audio/video video audio image text

Factual

Children

Entertainment

Lifestyle & Leisure

Religion & Ethics

Regions

5The fruit-machine format generatorGenre + Content + Medium = ?

Factual ! ! ! ! ! !Children

Entertainment

Lifestyle & Leisure

Religion & Ethics

Regions

A state apart?Factual + Archive programmes + New digitised documents => A multimedia archive with viewpoints and sources

Factual

Children

Entertainment

Lifestyle & Leisure

Religion & Ethics

Regions

5Lets throw some darts into the board......and see what we get.

6.1 Collating your ideas...

6.2 ...so I can go away and analyse them

6.3 ...and present back how we’d do it

7With ‘BBC Stories’. Thank you!

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